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Aug 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Nierinck |Eleanor Reeves |Joanna Fox
On 2 July, the UK Supreme Court handed down the much-awaited judgment in the Manchester Ship Canal case. In a victory for property rights, the Supreme Court held that owners of private watercourses may claim against sewerage undertakers who discharge untreated sewage into private watercourses.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Rob Hanley |Will Chalk |Lorraine Johnston |Eleanor Reeves |Tom Cummins |Florian Drinhausen | +3 more
Key takeawaysThe CS3D requires in-scope companies to adopt a responsible and sustainable approach to global value chains. Companies must adopt a risk-based due diligence policy to identify and assess actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
peoplemanagement.co.uk | Crowley Woodford |Eleanor Reeves |Sarah-Jane Gemmell
Ashurst's Psychosocial and Psychological Risks in the Workplace Report published in November 2023 found that in the UK only a quarter (25 per cent) of respondents considered mental ill-health to be a health and safety issue, with the majority seeing it as an HR issue. This was in stark contrast to Australia, with four in five (80 per cent) respondents viewing psychosocial and psychological issues as safety concerns.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Eleanor Reeves |James Nierinck |Becky Clissmann |Anthony Johnson |Harvey Weaver
On 18 December 2023, the Government published a suite of new documents on the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM), voluntary product standards and the development of the UK ETS. An early Christmas gift, so to speak, for those involved in decarbonisation and emissions trading. Policy is developing rapidly in this area and there is a degree of overlap and integration between the various regimes.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Paul Miller |Tom Cummins |James Nierinck |Eleanor Reeves |Harvey Weaver
On 18 December 2023, as part of a package of consultations and responses on carbon leakage and the UK ETS, the UK Government announced that it will introduce a UK CBAM by 2027. The UK Government's December 2023 response1 to its March 2023 consultation on potential policy measures to mitigate carbon leakage risk has confirmed it will introduce a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM) by 2027.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Eleanor Reeves |Lorraine Johnston
The development, production and disclosure of climate transition plans has recently moved into the spotlight with a greater focus being given by policy makers around the world on this particular tool. Climate transition plans are action plans for firms that outline how a firm will contribute to and prepare for a rapid global transition towards a low emissions economy.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kathryn Hampton |Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves
Happy new year! We hope you enjoyed the Christmas break. Now that we're all back to it, we thought we'd start off with our Top 5 things to look out for in 2024:1. National Development Management Policies (NDMPs)Remember these? The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 set the scene for NDMPs - another type of national planning policy of even greater importance than the existing NPPF.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Eleanor Reeves |Michael Burns |David Charlier |Sarah Morton-Ramwell |Anna-Marie Slot |Elena Lambros
The COP28 conference is a global climate change summit and this year it takes place from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Expo City Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will bring together the Parties to the UNFCCC to advance the climate talks and drive action toward preserving our planet.
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Mar 23, 2023 | 
ashurst.com | Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves
1. What's happenedThe Government has issued yet another consultation, asking for views on its new Environment Outcomes Reports regime. 2. What are Environment Outcome ReportsIt's a new system of environmental assessment that will replace the existing (EU derived) Environmental Impact Assessment. 3. Why do we need a new regime?
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Kathryn Hampton |Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves
1. What's happenedThe Government has issued yet another consultation, asking for views on its new Environment Outcomes Reports regime. 2. What are Environment Outcome ReportsIt's a new system of environmental assessment that will replace the existing (EU derived) Environmental Impact Assessment. 3. Why do we need a new regime?
